About the Project

This project, entitled “Governance and performance of non-state actors:a comparative analysis of social protection service providers in four selected districts in Tanzania” is a collaboration between the Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) and Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR). The main objective of the project is to analyse how principal-agent and principal-steward relations influence performance of non-state social protection actors. The specific objectives are:- Mapping out the non-state social protection service actors;- Determining the performance levels of actors involved in principal-agent and principal-stewardrelations;- Investigating the similarities and/or differences in the performance levels of actors involved inprincipal-agent and principal-steward relations;- Establishing the causes for the differences and/or similarities of actors involved in principal-agent andprincipal-steward relations.

The projects deals with three hypotheses:- Accountability positively influences the performance of non-state social protection actors- Cooperation positively influences the performance of non-state social protection actors- Institutions working with the principal-stewardship relationship perform better than those working withthe principal-agent relationship.Data for this project is being collected from Dodoma Municipaliy and Bukoba Rural District.